Staffing

QUESTION: Is your company more likely to add employees, reduce them or
maintain current staffing levels in 2003?

Add: 32%
Reduce: 5%
Maintain: 63%

QUESTION: If an employee announced that he or she is leaving your company,
do you expect the position to be filled immediately?

Yes: 32%
No: 5%
It would depend on the position: 63%

QUESTION: In what direction do you see the national economy moving?

Forward, a positive direction: 53%
Backward, a negative direction: 5%
Standing still: 42%

QUESTION: Is your company or organization likely to move forward with capital
expenditures in 2003, or continue to keep capital investment to a minimum until
there are more concrete signs that the economy is turning in the right direction?

Will make capital investments: 68%
Will keep capital spending to a minimum: 32%